Is there a way to truncate a field length on list view

[michaelmorgan]

Is there a way to force this field to truncate to a specified amount? I would like the field to Truncate on lists to 100 characters, but be able to contain 160 characters if you view the record within the form.

I understand you can do it globally within User Interface Properties, but is there anyway to override it just for a specific field?

[sergiu_panaite]

Hi Michael,

It is possible to truncate the display on a list view for a field by playing with the Dictionary Attribute "No truncate". When set to "false" it will truncate the display to 40 chars.

See more here:

Dictionary attributes

no_truncate

true/false

any string field

In a list view, shows the entire text value of the multi-text value in a list, without truncating it. Without this attribute the string is truncated based on the UI property Number of characters displayed in list cells which is 40 by default.

[michaelmorgan]

Hi Sergiu,

Sorry there - I know about that one, i was wondering instead of 'no_truncate' if there was an option to set a custom truncate amount just for one column?

[Dubz]

Hi Michael,

Check out this thread. tl;dr there is no way to adjust column widths at the moment but advice is to submit a feature request as the more they get for the same thing, the better the chance of them developing it!

Column width

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